How would you have voted? Third parties

[Lechasseur]

How would you have voted if only third parties were on the ballot? Here's mine:

1988: Ron Paul (Libertarian)
1992: Ross Perot (Independant)
1996: Ross Perot (Reform)
2000: Pat Buchanan (Reform)
2004: Michael Peroutka (Constitution)
2008: Chuck Baldwin (Constitution)
2012: Virgil Goode (Constitution)
2016: Darrell Castle (Constitution)

[America Needs R'hllor]

1968- Eldridge Cleaver (Peace and Freedom)
1972- Benjamin Spock (People's)
1976- Eugene McCarthy (Independent)
1980- John Anderson (Independent)
1984- Sonia Johnson (Citizens)
1988- Lenora Fulani (New Alliance)
1992- Ross Perot (Independent)
1996- Ross Perot (Reform)
2000- John Hagelin (Natural Law)
2004- David Cobb (Green)
2008- Ralph Nader (Independent)
2012- Rocky Anderson (Justice)
2016- Even McMullin (Independent) or Gary Johnson (Libertarian) depending on the location.

The bolded ones are the only votes I'd have at least meagre enthusiasm for.

[Kingpoleon]

1972: John G. Hospers
1976: Eugene McCarthy
1980: Ed Clark/John B. Anderson
1984: David Bergland
1988: Ron Paul
1992: Ross Perot
1996: Ross Perot
2000: Harry Browne
2004: David Cobb
2008: Ted Weill
2012: Andre Barnett/Gary Johnson
2016: Gary Johnson

[dw93]

None of these would be my first choice in the following elections, but here it goes:

1992: Ross Perot
1996: Ross Perot
2000: Ralph Nader
2004: Ralph Nader
2008: Ralph Nader
2012: Rocky Anderson
2016: Gary Johnson

[sparkey]

Actual first choices in bold. Needless to say, some would be very unenthusiastic votes, especially in time periods where I'm basically picking between prohibitionists and socialists. I get more enthusiastic about 3rd parties when there is a good 3rd party around, like Free Soil, National Democratic, or Libertarian.

(no 3rd parties prior to 1836)
1836 William Wirt (AM)
1840 no 3rd parties that year
1840 James Birney (L)
1844 James Birney (L)
1848 Martin Van Buren (FS)
1852 John Hale (FS)
1856 Gerrit Smith (NL)
1860 John Bell (CU)
1864 no 3rd parties that year
1868 no 3rd parties that year
1872 Charles O'Conor (BD)
1876 Peter Cooper (GB)
1880 John Phelps (AM)
1884 Benjamin Butler (GB)
1888 Clinton Fisk (Prohib)
1892 James Weaver (Pop)
1896 John Palmer (ND)
1900 Edward Emerson (N)
1904 Thomas Watson (Pop)
1908 Thomas Hisgen (Independence)
1912 ...am I allowed to vote William H. Taft here? If so, him
1916 Frank Hanly (Prohib)
1920 Robert Macauley (ST)
1924 Robert La Follette (Prog)
1928 Norman Thomas (S)
1932 William Harvey (Liberty)
1936 Norman Thomas (S)
1940 Roger Babson (Prohib)
1944 Claude Watson (Prohib)
1948 Henry Wallace (Prog)
1952 Douglas MacArthur (C)
1956 ...ugh, can I skip this one?...
1960 J. Bracken Lee (Conservative)
1964 Joseph Lightburn (C)
1968 Pat Paulsen (I)
1972 John Hospers (L)
1976 Eugene McCarthy (I)
1980 Ed Clark (L)
1984 David Bergland (L)
1988 Ron Paul (L)
1992 Ross Perot (Ref)
1996 Harry Browne (L)
2000 Harry Browne (L)
2004 Michael Badnarik (L)
2008 Bob Barr (L)
2012 Gary Johnson (L)
2016 Gary Johnson (L)

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

bold indicates first preference above major party candidates

1832    William Wirt (AM)
1836    not applicable
1840    James G. Birney (L)
1844    James G. Birney (L)
1848    Martin Van Buren (FS)
1852    John P. Hale (FS)
1856    Gerrit Smith (L)
1860    Gerrit Smith (L)
1864    not applicable
1868    not applicable
1872    Victoria Woodhull (ER)
1876    Peter Cooper (GL)
1880    James B. Weaver (GL)
1884    Belva Ann Lockwood (ER)
1888    Belva Ann Lockwood (ER)
1892    James B. Weaver (Pop)
1896    Charles Bentley (NP)
1900    Wharton Barker (Pop)
1904    Eugene V. Debs (S)
1908    Eugene V. Debs (S)
1912    Theodore Roosevelt (BM)
1916    Frank Hanly (Pro)
1920    Eugene V. Debs (S)
1924    Robert M. LaFollette (Prog)
1928    Norman Thomas (S)
1932    Norman Thomas (S)
1936    Norman Thomas (S)
1940    Norman Thomas (S)
1944    Norman Thomas (S)
1948    Norman Thomas (S)
1952    Darlington Hoopes (S)
1956    Darlington Hoopes (S)
1960    Eric Hass (SL)
1964    Eric Hass (SL)
1968    Pigasus (YIP)
1972    Benjamin Spock (Peo)
1976    Eugene McCarthy (I)
1980    John B. Anderson (I)
1984    Sonia Johnson (C)
1988    Does Lloyd Bentsen (D) count? Him.
1992    Ross Perot (I)
1996    Ralph Nader (G)
2000    Ralph Nader (G)
2004    Ralph Nader (I)
2008    Ralph Nader (I)
2012    Rocky Anderson (J)
2016    Gary Johnson (L)

D*mn, American third parties are terrible

[Continential]

2020: Rocky de la Fuente (Alliance)
2016: Gary Johnson (Libertarian)
2012: Rocky Anderson (Justice)
2008: Ralph Nader (Independent)
2004: Ralph Nader (Independent)
2000: Ralph Nader (Green)
1996: Ralph Nader (Green)
1992: Ross Perot (Independent)
1988: Eugene McCarthy (Consumer)
1984: Sonia Johnson (Citizens)
1980: John Anderson (Independent)
1976: Eugene McCarthy (Independent)
1972: Benjamin Spock (People's)
1968: Dick Gregory (Peace and Freedom)
1964: ugh Harold Munn (Prohibition)
1960: ugh Joseph Bracken Lee (Conservative)

[Big Abraham]

‘20: Jerome Segal (actual vote)
‘16: Jerome White
‘12: Stewart Alexander
‘08: Ralph Nader
‘04: Ralph Nader
‘00: Ralph Nader
‘96: Ralph Nader
‘92: Ralph Nader
‘88: Eugene McCarthy

[CumbrianLefty]

1988    Does Lloyd Bentsen (D) count? Him.

No, he does not. Next

[VPH]

1832    William Wirt (Anti-Masonic)
1836    Uh?
1840    James G. Birney (Liberty)
1844    James G. Birney (Liberty)
1848    Martin Van Buren (Free Soil)
1852    John P. Hale (Free Soil)
1856    Gerrit Smith (Liberty)
1860    Gerrit Smith (Liberty)
1864    not applicable
1868    not applicable
1872    Victoria Woodhull (Equal Rights)
1876    Peter Cooper (Greenback)
1880    James B. Weaver (Greenback)
1884    Benjamin Butler (Greenback)
1888    Alson Streeter (Union Labor)
1892    James B. Weaver (Populist)
1896    Charles Bentley (National Party)
1900    Wharton Barker (Populist)
1904    Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)
1908    Thomas Higsen (Independence)
1912    Theodore Roosevelt (Bull Moose)
1916    Allan Benson (Socialist)
1920    Parley P. Christensen (Farmer-Labor)
1924    Robert M. LaFollette (Progressive)
1928    Norman Thomas (Socialist)
1932    William Hope Harvey (Liberty)
1936    William Lemke (Union)
1940    Norman Thomas (Socialist)
1944    Norman Thomas (Socialist)
1948    Henry Wallace (Progressive)
1952    Vincent Hallinan (Progressive)
1956    Darlington Hoopes (Socialist)
1960    Eric Hass (Socialist Labor)
1964    Harold Munn (Prohibition)
1968    Dick Gregory (Peace and Freedom)
1972    Benjamin Spock (Peoples)
1976    Eugene McCarthy (Independent)
1980    John B. Anderson (Independent)
1984    Sonia Johnson (Citizens)
1988    Eugene McCarthy (Consumer)
1992    Ross Perot (Independent)
1996    Ross Perot (Reform)
2000    Ralph Nader (Green)
2004    Walt Brown (Socialist)
2008    Ralph Nader (Independent)
2012    Rocky Anderson (Justice)
2016    Michael Maturen (American Solidarity)
2020    Brian Carroll (American Solidarity)

[Dr. MB]

1840: James G. Birney (Liberty)
1844: James G. Birney (Liberty)
1848: Gerrit Smith (National Liberty)
1852: John Hale (Free Soil)
1856: Gerrit Smith (National Liberty)
1860: Gerrit Smith (Radical Abolitionist)
1864: n/a
1868: n/a
1872: Victoria Woodhull (Equal Rights)
1876: Peter Cooper (Greenback)
1880: James Weaver (Greenback)
1884: Benjamin Butler (Greenback)
1888: Alson Streeter (Union Labor)
1892: Simon Wing (Socialist Labor)
1896: Charles Matchett (Socialist Labor)
1900: Eugene V. Debs (Social Democratic)
1904: Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)
1908: Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)
1912: Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)
1916: Arthur Reimer (Socialist Labor)
1920: Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)
1924: Frank T. Johns (Socialist Labor)
1928: Verne L. Reynolds (Socialist Labor)
1932: Verne L. Reynolds (Socialist Labor)
1936: John W. Aiken (Socialist Labor)
1940: John W. Aiken (Socialist Labor)
1944: Edward A. Teichert (Socialist Labor)
1948: Edward A. Teichert (Socialist Labor)
1952: Eric Hass (Socialist Labor)
1956: Eric Hass (Socialist Labor)
1960: Eric Hass (Socialist Labor)
1964: Eric Hass (Socialist Labor)
1968: Dick Gregory (Peace and Freedom)
1972: Benjamin Spock (People's)
1976: Margaret Wright (People's)
1980: Barry Commoner (Citizens)
1984: Dennis L. Serrette (New Alliance)
1988: Lenora Fulani (New Alliance)
1992: Ron Daniels (Peace and Freedom)
1996: Ralph Nader (Green)
2000: Ralph Nader (Green)
2004: Leonard Peltier (Peace and Freedom)
2008: Brian Moore (Socialist)
2012: Stewart Alexander (Socialist)
2016: Emidio Soltysik (Socialist)
2020: Jerry Segal (Bread and Roses)

[Liminal Trans Girl]

1832- William Wirt(Anti-Masonic) (Preferred Vote)
1836- N/A
1840- James Birney(Liberty)
1844- James Birney(Liberty)
1848- Martin V. Buren (Free Soil) (Preferred Vote)
1852- John Hale(Free Soil) (Preferred Vote)
1856- Gerrit Smith(Liberty)
1860- Gerrit Smith(Liberty)
1864- N/A
1868- N/A
1872- Victoria Woodhull(Equal Rights)
1876- Peter Cooper(Greenback)
1880- James Weaver(Greenback)
1884- Benjamin Butler(Greenback) (Preferred Vote)
1888- Alson Streeter(Union Labor) (Preferred Vote)
1892- James Weaver(Populist) (Preferred Vote)
1896- Charles Matchett(Socialist Labor)
1900- Eugene Debs(Socialist)
1904- Eugene Debs(Socialist) (Preferred Vote)
1908- Eugene Debs(Socialist) (Preferred Vote)
1912- Eugene Debs(Socialist) (Preferred Vote)
1916- Allan Benson(Socialist) (Preferred Vote)
1920- Eugene Debs(Socialist) (Preferred Vote)
1924- Robert LaFollette(Progressive) (Preferred Vote)
1928- Norman Thomas(Socialist) (Preferred Vote)
1932- Norman Thomas(Socialist) (Preferred Vote)
1936- Norman Thomas(Socialist) (Preferred Vote)
1940- Norman Thomas(Socialist)
1944- Norman Thomas(Socialist)
1948- Norman Thomas(Socialist)
1952- Eric Hass(Socialist Labor)
1956- Eric Hass(Socialist Labor)
1960- Eric Hass(Socialist Labor) (Preferred Vote)
1964- Eric Hass(Socialist Labor) (Preferred Vote)
1968- Fred Halstead(Socialist Workers)
1972- Linda Jenness(Socialist Workers) (Preferred Vote)
1976- Peter Camejo(Socialist Workers)
1980- Clifton DeBerry(Socialist Workers)
1984- Melvin T. Mason(Socialist Workers)
1988- Lenora Fulani(New Alliance)
1992- Lenora Fulani(New Alliance)
1996- Ralph Nader(Green)
2000- Ralph Nader(Green)
2004- Ralph Nader(Independent)
2008- Ralph Nader(Independent)
2012- Rocky Anderson(Justice)
2016- Bernie Sanders(Independent) (Preferred Vote)
2020- Alyson Kennedy(Socialist Workers)

[ReallySuper]

basically just my preferred votes (based on Kentucky ballot access) since 1880 lol:

1880: James B. Weaver (Greenback)
1884: Benjamin Butler (Greenback)
1888: Alson Streeter (Union Labor)
1892: James B. Weaver (Populist)
1896: William Jennings Bryan (Democratic) on the Ky. ballot, ig John Palmer (National Democratic); otherwise Charles Matchett (Socialist Labor)
1900: Joseph Maloney (Socialist Labor)
1904: Charles H. Corregan (Socialist Labor)
1908: August Gillhaus (Socialist Labor)
1912: Arthur E. Reimer (Socialist Labor)
1916: Arthur E. Reimer (Socialist Labor)
1920: Eugene V. Debs (Socialist)
1924: Frank Tetes Johns (Socialist Labor)
1928: Verne L. Reynolds (Socialist Labor)
1932: Verne L. Reynolds (Socialist Labor)
1936: John W. Aiken (Socialist Labor)
1940: Norman Thomas (Socialist)
1944: Edward A. Teichert (Socialist Labor)
1948: Edward A. Teichert (Socialist Labor)
1952: Eric Hass (Socialist Labor)
1956: Eric Hass (Socialist Labor)
1960: John F. Kennedy (Democratic) no third parties on Ky. ballot; preferred vote: Farrell Dobbs (Socialist Workers)
1964: Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) ditto; preferred vote: Clifton DeBerry (Socialist Workers)
1968: Fred Halstead (Socialist Workers)
1972: Linda Jenness (Socialist Workers)
1976: Peter Camejo (Socialist Workers)
1980: Andrew Pulley (Socialist Workers)
1984: Melvin Mason (Socialist Workers)
1988: Lenora Fulani (New Alliance)
1992: Lenora Fulani (New Alliance)
1996: Ralph Nader (Write-in)
2000: Ralph Nader (Green)
2004: Ralph Nader (Reform)
2008: Ralph Nader (Independent)
2012: Jill Stein (Green)
2016: Jill Stein (Green)
2020: Howie Hawkins (Write-in)

would've voted Liberty from 1840-1860 if they had been on the Kentucky ballot

[Make America Grumpy Again]

* = Preferred Vote
**=Only option on ballot

Excluding write-ins:
1832: Wirt*
1836: N/A
1840: Birney
1844: Birney*
1848: Van Buren*
1852: Hale*
1856: Fillmore
1860: Bell
1864: N/A
1868: N/A
1872: N/A
1876: N/A
1880: Weaver*
1884:Butler*
1888: Streeter*
1892: Weaver*
1896:Matchett
1900: Debs
1904: Watson
1908: Higsen
1912: Debs*
1916: Bensen
1920: Convict # 9653
1924: LaFollette*
1928: Thomas
1932: Thomas
1936: Lemke*
1940: Thomas
1944: Teichert
1948: Wallace*
1952: Hallinan
1956: Hass
1960: Hass
1964: Hass
1968: Wallace
1972: Spock
1976: McCarthy
1980: Anderson
1984: Serrette**
1988: Paul
1992: Perot*
1996: Perot*
2000: Nader*
2004: Badnarik
2008: McKinney
2012: Johnson
2016: Johnson
2020: Jorgenson

[PSOL]

For presidential:
Woodhull/Douglas
SLP until Debs
Debs till 1920
CPUSA till 1928
Yippie/weed party remnants in the 80s and 90s
Nader till 2004
PSL thereafter till 2020

I am not wasting my time with voting during the worst of the electoral red scare when it was clear federal elections were worthless. I’m also not wasting my vote on the Browderized CPUSA, cold warrior Norman, SWP (sorry Camejo), or grand alliance nonsense the P&F party did. I am on the fence about voting for the Liberty party or abstaining given how little democracy actually mattered in the US until after the Civil War, only to be rendered mute by reconstruction being unjustly ended and entering the controlled duopoly till the latter end of the 19th century.

[West_Midlander]

Considering all major third-party candidates, not only who was on the NC ballot.

2020: Rocky De La Fuente
2016: Gary Johnson
2012: Gary Johnson
2008: Ralph Nader
2004: Ralph Nader
2000: Ralph Nader
1996: Ross Perot
1992: Ross Perot
1988: Ron Paul
1984: Don't know
1980: John B. Anderson

[ReallySuper]

For presidential:
Woodhull/Douglas
SLP until Debs
Debs till 1920
CPUSA till 1928
Yippie/weed party remnants in the 80s and 90s
Nader till 2004
PSL thereafter till 2020

I am not wasting my time with voting during the worst of the electoral red scare when it was clear federal elections were worthless. I’m also not wasting my vote on the Browderized CPUSA, cold warrior Norman, SWP (sorry Camejo), or grand alliance nonsense the P&F party did. I am on the fence about voting for the Liberty party or abstaining given how little democracy actually mattered in the US until after the Civil War, only to be rendered mute by reconstruction being unjustly ended and entering the controlled duopoly till the latter end of the 19th century.

no love for the swp? 

[PSOL]

For presidential:
Woodhull/Douglas
SLP until Debs
Debs till 1920
CPUSA till 1928
Yippie/weed party remnants in the 80s and 90s
Nader till 2004
PSL thereafter till 2020

I am not wasting my time with voting during the worst of the electoral red scare when it was clear federal elections were worthless. I’m also not wasting my vote on the Browderized CPUSA, cold warrior Norman, SWP (sorry Camejo), or grand alliance nonsense the P&F party did. I am on the fence about voting for the Liberty party or abstaining given how little democracy actually mattered in the US until after the Civil War, only to be rendered mute by reconstruction being unjustly ended and entering the controlled duopoly till the latter end of the 19th century.

no love for the swp? 

Anyone good left that cr@phouse over the course of decades of its existence.

[ReallySuper]

For presidential:
Woodhull/Douglas
SLP until Debs
Debs till 1920
CPUSA till 1928
Yippie/weed party remnants in the 80s and 90s
Nader till 2004
PSL thereafter till 2020

I am not wasting my time with voting during the worst of the electoral red scare when it was clear federal elections were worthless. I’m also not wasting my vote on the Browderized CPUSA, cold warrior Norman, SWP (sorry Camejo), or grand alliance nonsense the P&F party did. I am on the fence about voting for the Liberty party or abstaining given how little democracy actually mattered in the US until after the Civil War, only to be rendered mute by reconstruction being unjustly ended and entering the controlled duopoly till the latter end of the 19th century.

no love for the swp? 

Anyone good left that cr@phouse over the course of decades of its existence.

fair but it was based at least for a little while. and i think most of the presidential candidates have been much better than the party leadership

[Rat]

1988: Ron Paul (Libertarian)
1992: Ross Perot (Independent)
1996: Ross Perot (Reform)
2000: Ralph Nader (Green), though had Trump won the Reform nomination, then Trump.
2004: Michael Badnarik (Libertarian)
2008: Bob Barr (Libertarian)
2012: Gary Johnson (Libertarian)
2016: Gary Johnson (Libertarian)
2020: Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian)